I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing visionary author Daniel Quinn for the next episode of The Living Earth Connection. Daniel has a new book called The Teachings That Came Before and After Ishmael, which gives readers of Ishmael a taste of some of his other books. We discuss eight of his other books, in a wide ranging conversation focusing on his life’s work. To hear this lively discussion, tune in on Sunday, November 30, at 9:30 a.m. PST on www.kmud.org. I will also post the interview on this site.

Tune in on Thursday, November 27 at 5 p.m., PST on www.kmud.org for the next episode of Wildlife Matters. In this episode we talk to Mourad Gabriel of the Integral Ecology Research Center about the Pacific Fisher, an elusive and imperiled forest carnivore. These formidable predators weigh in at only four to six pounds on average, but have been known to take down lynx. Yet here in California, bobcats are their primary predators. Join us as we learn about Fishers, and take a look at habitat changes, and the emerging threat of rodenticides, to understand why Pacific Fishers have seen a disturbing increase in predation and mortality. Wildlife Matters will be posted on this site, after airing on kmud. I hope you will tune in.

I recently entered a Goodreads giveaway for Daniel Quinn’s new book, The Teachings That Came Before and After Ishmael. I had to join to enter, and after looking around, decided it would make a good addition to this blog, highlighting some of the key books that inform my radio shows. Click on this page to visit my Goodreads site.